ZOA is an international relief and recovery organization formed in 1973, supporting vulnerable people affected by violent conflict and natural disasters in fragile states, by helping them to realize peaceful, dignified, and resilient lives. ZOA works with refugees, IDPs, host communities and returnees, especially farmer and pastoralist communities, youth, and school children. The sectors covered by ZOA include emergency response, peacebuilding and social cohesion, natural resource management, food security and livelihoods, WASH/integrated water resource management, basic education and civil society strengthening with a focus on small producer associations, persons with disability organizations, youth, and women social and economic groups. ZOA has been operational in Sudan since 2006 and currently is working in North Darfur, South Darfur, East Darfur, and Gedaref.

Objective and expected results 

The objective of this assignment is to deliver a gender and age-sensitive conflict analysis for 7 states with an emphasis on the intervention localities (see above section 1)

The expected results of this assignment are:

• Development of the methodology to conduct the conflict analysis.
• Conduct of the conflict analysis in line with the methodological requirements below (3).
• Reporting of the main findings per State (with locality-specific information). The consultant will write one report with different sections for the different States.
• Presentation of the main findings of the conflict analysis during the validation sessions at the State level.

All enquiries or request for clarification to be sent to email address: ahmed.sharaf@zoa.ngo, essam.dawalbait@zoa.ngo, abubaker.abdelgader@zoa.ngo